Kuwait will not tolerate those who abuse, ridicule country or any govt worker: MoI
Chemical added to make turmeric look brighter: report
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 28: The General Department for Public Relations and Security Media of the Ministry of Interior, in a statement said, the government of Kuwait will not tolerate anyone if either the country or the employees at the Kuwait International Airport are subjected to ridicule or verbal abuse, saying such incidents are punishable by the laws of the country, reports Al-Anba.
Following the issue of an Egyptian woman who allegedly verbally abused Kuwait and employees at the airport while in transit from Bahrain, a citizen of Denmark of Arab origin is said to have also made an offensive comments after arriving at the airport.
The ministry pointed out the Danish woman arrived at the airport accompanied by her daughter and applied for a tourist visa. The officials at the airport discovered the validity of one of the passports was less than six months and the extension was handwritten, which violates the terms and conditions for entry visa. The hand-written extension raised suspicions and the duo was referred to the concerned authority and then to the airport hotel in preparation to return them back to the country they came from.
In the meantime, the Danish Foreign Ministry was contacted and the latter confirmed the validity of the handwritten extension and immediately a tourist visa for them issued.
But what the woman uttered and circulated in the social media, offensive to Kuwait will not be tolerated and that a lawsuit has been initiated against her because the airport passports officers dealt with the mother and her daughter in line with the law. The Department affirms that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has praised and classified Kuwait International Airport among the advanced and internationally developed airports when it comes to the application of stipulated safety and security measures and is committed to international protocols in the reception of visitors.
The Ministry of Interior said all Airport employees – officers, noncommissioned officers and civilians – work around the clock with total dedication to serve all visitors to Kuwait.
Commercial fraud:
Results of a new research sounded the alarm on a serious form of commercial fraud, as it revealed that lead toxic chromate (PbCrO4) is being used in an Asian country to give turmeric roots and powder a bright yellow color, reports Al-Rai daily.
This toxic substance is banned globally for food products, as it increases the level of lead in the blood and poisons the nerves; thereby, causing heart problems and brain diseases in addition to impeding the development of the brain of children.
While the research did not consider samples of turmeric powder exported by this country in large quantities to many countries around the world including Kuwait and other Gulf states, the results raised this question: Does turmeric being used in Kuwait contain toxic lead chromate?
The intensive research was conducted in areas with high production and consumption of turmeric powder in the country. Using systematic and analytical methods, the research was conducted under the supervision of Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment with the involvement of 11 specialized researchers. The research concluded that high rate of the toxic substance was found in the analyzed turmeric samples, and that this is probably the main reason behind high level of lead in the blood of many people of that country.
“It is clear that people are consuming turmeric root and powder and they do not know that they are being cheated through the use of harmful chemicals which could cause major health problems,” says researcher Gina Forsyth who led the study at the Stanford Woods Institute of the Environment. “We now know that turmeric contains lead chromate compound and we have to do something,” she added.